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VP BRIEFS John L. Lewis Wins Pay Row As Strike Ends Union Compromises On Retirement Fund Washington, May 29. The soft coal strike has been settled. The White House announces that Secretary of Interior Krug and John L. Lewis have signed a soft coal labor contract in President Truman's office. They affixed their signatures to the contract shortly after 4 o'clock, Eastern Standard Time. Krug said Lewis indicated he would order his miners back to work "imme diately." Tomorrow will be a holiday, however, and volume production is not expected to start before Monday. The terms provide a basic hourly wage of 18 and one-half cents an hour or a dollar and 85 cents a day. It also provides for a welfare and retirement fund financed by five cents a ton levy on coal pro duction and administered by three trustees, one appointed by the union, oneby the Coal Ad ministrator and the third by the other two. It also provides for a medical and hospital fund financed from deductions already made from miners pay and for a mine safety program. The mines are to be operated nine hours a day with overtime after seven hours. .' Hard Coal Miners Decide to Strike New York, May 29. The AP of L United Mine Workers have rejected an anthracite operators' request to continue their work ing contract for 30 days. The refusal1 means that miners will leave the pits at midnight to night. House Passes Case Anti-Strike Measure Washington, May 29. The House of Representatives has approved the final version of the Case Anti-Strike Bill. The House voted' 230 to 106 to accept a series of drastic amendments, added to the bill in the Senate. The bill now goes to the White House, where President Truman faces a major decision on whether to sign it or veto it. The Case Bill is the most stringent anti-strike bill ever, passed by Congress. It differs from Presi dent Truman's emergency legis lation for government seized in dustries in that it is a permanent measure, and applies to all in dustries. Governors Convention Urges Anti-Strike Law Oklahoma City, Okla., May 29. The governors of 26 states, at tending the National Governor's Conference, have adopted a reso lution urging Congress and the individual states to enact laws banning strikes in public utili ties, and other industries vital to public health. The governors also urged extension of Selective Service for one year, without re strictive amendments. Russian Diplomats Slugged by Yank MP Rome, May 29. An Ameri can military policeman hit two Russian diplomatic officials with his fist at an airport outside Rome today. The MP hit one of ficial who was aboard a plane on the ground; he struck another outside the plane. Just what started the fracas is not known. Jury to Investigate Veterans Hospital Washington, May 29. At torney General Tom Clark has See NEWS BRIEFS Page U VOLUME LIV Owens Plays Lead Role In Graham Memorial Film Locally Produced Movie Showing Activities Of Student Union to Be Presented Tonight Dave Owens, Graham Memorial assistant director, plays the title role in the recently completed student movie production, "Memoirs of a GM Assistant," which will be shown in the stu dent union main lounge this evening at 9 p.m.', ' Produced, photographed andf directed by Bob Coulter, UNC student, the film depicts the ac tivities and problems of the Graham Memorial staff in pro viding the student . body- with wholesome entertainment and recreation. Other Films Two other films, also pro duced by Coulter, "Call of Caro lina" and "Alice Goes A-Wan-dering" will also be shown. The first , picture shows campus scenes and the second is a tech nicolor travel film of Washing ton, D. C. Graham Memorial is the set ting for "Memoirs." Owens is shown as he goes through a typical day serving the various groups and individuals that make use of the student union. Groups in Movie Among those groups photo graphed are the Yackety Yack staff, the Tar Heel staff, the In ternational Relations Club, Stu dent Government, Co-ed Senate, See OWENS, page U Oratorical Champion Elected Phi Speaker At Meeting Tuesday At a closed session of the Phi Assembly Tuesday night Jim Taylor, grand national oratorical champion was elevated to the speakership. He will preside i over the Assembly at its next session in October. Outgoing Speaker A. B. Smith announced the new slate of of ficers elected at the executive session by the Assembly. They are: Charlie Borton, Speaker pro-tem; Charlie Britt, Treas- urer; Jim McNider, Secretary; Margaret Jean Taylor, Ser-geant-at-Arms; Robert Morri son, Parliamentarian; and Lee Wood, Representative to the De bate Council. Orin Hyman from Memphis, Tenn., was accepted as a new member of the Assembly. Campus ParentsPlanOpening Of Nursery School in June A GI Nursery School has been organized by a group of Campus Parents to satisfy the urgent need of playspace and to pro vide relief for families who are crowded into one or two rooms. The group has drawn up a sched ule which calls for the opening of the nursery school about the middle of June. Members of the University's Education Department assisted in making plans and obtaining competent professional staff. Equipment for the school has been found , and will be pur chased in the near future. Ade quate space has been secured m the rear of the Presbyterian Church. Present Plans Present plans call for the school to operate between 9 a. m. and noon five days a week. Chil dren between the ages of 18 Til Ml -THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST- CHAPEL HILL, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1946 Music Majors Give Recital InHillTonight Virginia Mason, soprano, and Elizabeth Worrall, organist, will appear in a recital tonight at 8:30 p. m. in Hill Hall. Both performers are senior music students ; Miss Mason is a pupil of Professor" Paul Young and Miss Worrall studies under pro fessor Jan P. Schinhan. Virginia Mason Miss Mason, a native of Ak ron, Ohio, was formerly a stu dent at St. Petersburg Junior College in St. Petersburg, Fla., and has been a student at UNC for the past two years. She has 'made several appearances on the campus, having been heard as soloist in the Choral Club pres entation of "The Messiah" and in recent concerts of the Wo men's Glee Club. She was, until recently, soprano .soloist in the choir of the First Presbyterian Church in Durham. Miss Mason will sing two groups of solos to night including four French songs and six works by English and American composers. She will be featured in "Marietta's Song" by Erich Korngold. Elizabeth Worrall Miss Worrall, a native of St. Petersburg, also attended St. Petersburg Junior College be fore coming to Chapel Hill in 1944. She, has appeared many times locally as accompanist for the Women's Glee Clubhand as recitalist at the Episcopal Church. Miss Worrall is the as sistant organist at the Univer sity Methodist Church. In St. Petersburg, she studied with Mrs. Lura Yoke and Dr. Har riette Ridley, and appeared .on several Fine Arts Club concerts. She has also served as organist at the First Methodist Church See. MUSIC, page U months and 5 years will be en rolled, and small groups will be arranged according to children's size, age, and maturity. Enrollment periods for the school will correspond to the reg ular university quarter. A tui tion of $3 a quarter will be charged those children one of whose parents is a veteran. Other children will be charged $12.50. An enrollment fee of $1 to be sent with the application will be deducted from the tui tion. Financial assistance will also be obtained from private donations. . Further Information Applications should be sent to Mrs. Jean Vee Bowman, 108 Church St. Further information about the school can be obtained by calling Mrs. James Poindex ter at F-3291. . Surveys Begun By Architects OfPlanetarium Material Shortage Delays Construction Preliminary architectural sur veys for the Morehead Planetar ium and Art Gallery, the gift of John Motley Morehead and his late wife, were begun yesterday under the direction of O. R. Eg gers, of Eggers and Higgins, New York, architect, and Ar thur C. Nash, consulting archi tect. According to present plans the planetarium will face Hill Hall and will almost completely fill the space between the Arboretum and the upper campus. Entrance to the building will be set back so that it is on a line with the back of Graham Memorial and the Alumni Building. Senior Walk will be forced to curve around the building since the present walk will be covered. Mr. Nash and Dr. Frank Gra ham, who was watching the sur vey, both declined to say when actual construction would begin. Shortage of materials and labor was blamed for the delay. Floor Plans Plans for the planetarium in clude a pillared entrance into the main .gallery. The first floor will have another gallery. Also leeated in the building will be offices, a reception room, a lun cheon room, class rooms and a museum. The architectural firm in charge of the planetarium also designed Jefferson Memorial, the National Archives Building, and the National Gallery of Art. Giduz Appointed Managing Editor Roland Giduz, rising senior from Chapel Hill, has been ap pointed new managing editor of the JDaily Tar Heel by editor Bill Woestendiek subject to the ap proval of the Publications Board. Giduz succeeds Westy Fenhagen who graduates this term. Giduz has been a member of the Tar Heel staff since 1942, serving during that time as a night editor, and as a member of the news, sports and editorial staffs. He is a journalism major. A veteran, Giduz served over seas with the 100th Infantry di vision during the war. Fenhagen has served as man aging editor since his return to the University at the start of the fall term. Clothing for Europe Collected on Weekend In response to the desper ate need for clothing in the stricken areas of Europe dur ing the coming winter, the YM-YWCA is sponsoring a clothing drive on the campus this week-end. Women's wear, warm outer garments, and shoes are espe cially needed. If possible, cloth ing should be clean and in usable condition (mending materials are scarce). Collection boxes will be placed in the dormitories and in the T building. All stu dents are urged to share what clothing they can with those whose need is so great. eel in UNITED PRESS Inaugura Scheduled Tonight New Student Officers to Be Sworn in; Vance and Dorsett Are Key Speakers New student government officers will be officially inaugurated tonight at 8:30 in Gerrard Hall. Talks by retiring Student Body President Charlie Vance and incoming President Dewey Dorsett will be keynotes for the evening. 9 New members of the student Rice Re-elected Union Head Present Director Praised for Work Martha Rice, present director of Graham Memorial, was chosen to continue her duties next year by unanimous vote of the Graham Memorial Board of Directors Tuesday. Nell Bare foot will be manager during the summer months. The .retiring board recom mended to the incoming group that it appoint a committee to investigate possibilities for ob taining a soda fountain for Gra ham Memorial. It is hoped that the present grill will be modern ized into a recreation room much more suited to student needs than the present one. The committee appointed by the chairman to find surplus space in Graham Memorial re ported that all available space is being used with the exception of a downstairs kitchen now filled with equipment owned by the University. The University was requested to move this equipment so that the space may be utilized. VA To Refund Fees Paid While On Leave Veterans who registered at the University while on terminal leave prior to December 28, 1945 and who enrolled while hos pitalized pending discharge are entitled to the refund of any pay ments made to the University for tuition, fees, etc., according to an announcement from the Veterans' Administration. Mr. Shepard, veterans ad visor, will furnish forms to vets who want to make a claim for refund. All claims must be ac companied by a copy of the order placing them on leave. Ques tions concerning this matter can be answered at the Veterans' office at 208 outh Building. Sophomores To Meet All sophomores will meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon in Ger rard Hall to organize the class for next year. Anyone who will have from 65 to 95 quar ter hours next Fall is urged to attend. Final Exam Schedule Spring Term Final Examination Schedule for the Spring Quarter, 1946 Examination Date Monday, June 3 Tuesday, June 4 Wednesday, June 5 Hour 9:00 2:00 9:00 2:00 9:00 2:00 For all afternoon classes; also, all classes not otherwise pro vided for in this examination schedule. Under New Management Inaugural Service Campus Film NUMBER 93 council, the men's council, and the women's council will be given the oath of office by Vance. Doug Hunt, retiring speaker of the legislature, will administer the oath of that of fice to Charlie Warren, new stu dent body president and speaker of the legislature. New Officers Pledge Johnny Jones, secretary treasurer of the student body, will be sworn in by Bobby Stock ton. Warren will lead all new legislators in repeating the pledge for members of the stu dent legislature. All new officers and legisla tors are urged to attend as this will be the only inauguration ceremony for student officials. The general public is also invit ed to the ceremonies. WNC Club Slates Picnic After Exams At Bent Creek Lake The Western North Carolina Club meeting in a special ses sion Tuesday night in Gerrard Hall, made plans for a picnic party Saturday, June 8th, at Bent Creek Lake, located about 10 miles out of Asheville. The party will be open to club members only, and their dates. Any member who has not yet signed up to attend this affair should do so immediately. Those wishing to go should contact either Norman Pless, 114 Lewis, Bob Oliver, 116 Ay cock, or Mar garet Jean Taylor, 3rd floor Mc- Iver, not later than Friday of this week. It was decided that everyone would meet in front of the Ashe ville Auditorium at 3:30 p. m. Saturday and leave in a group. Transportation will be furnish ed to those not having trans portation. New Officers The following summer time officers were elected: Bill Calla han, President, Florence Medd, Vice-President, Herman Cole man, Secretary, Bob Oliver, Treasurer, and Dottie Pless, Social Chairman. Discussed at this meeting also, were plans for another party to be held in Asheville two weeks before the beginning of the Fall term of school. Complete ar rangements, not finished, will be announced to members by mail. for Exam For Classes Held at A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 9:00 A.M. Afternoon 10:00 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon 8:00 A:M. Services
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